Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Pleasant, thoughtful mix of stop-motion like type stuff, "live action" and animation from visual artist Brian Alfred with a soundtrack heavy on sound design including Columbia, Missouri's own Jon Sheffield.
So why no HD version?
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Last April I bought "The Spirit of Apollo" by hip-hop project N.A.S.A. on vinyl; purchased only because of the free digital copy provided since I still don't have my turntable hooked back up. But naturally, Epitaph, the record's label, only gave three chances at downloading it on their sub-site -- ...
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Never has this webspace solicited votes for anything. That changes immediately.
Above the text, black metal guitar god Olaf Thundarsson beckons you to immortalize him in an action figure toy. Olaf -- the brainchild of my pal Phil Balsman, aka Ballsy Balsman -- needs more votes before embarking on the path to toyhood.
See, ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
So some musical "outfit" -- C-Mon & Kypski perhaps? -- are soliciting the help of anyone with a webcam to help "finish" their new music video.
It seems fairly straightforward: visit oneframeoffame.com; a frame from the video is provided; YOU copy it -- mimic what you see, and, ahem, strike a pose -- ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Nearly A Nerd welcomes web programmer and enthusiastic new Droid owner Joel Doetsch who's also blogged his favorite Android apps.
So, sick and tired of all the iPhone hype, you took it upon yourself to go out and buy a Droid today. Maybe you were ready to break into the ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
A mention of Future Perfect Radio made the new issue of Wired magazine. Future Perfect Radio is newish web radio featuring over 25 channels of independent music -- everything from singer/songwriters to far out experimental and noise rock. And stations dedicated to upcoming music festivals add a particular uniqueness.
The past ...
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
"This song is called Woof Woof; it is about a dog."
This is a video performance by Dan Deacon at Todd P's (which I think is in NYC). It comes from NOISEVOX who say of themselves:
NOISEVOX is an open music magazine and media network created by journalists, photographers, musicians, and you.
Not ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Techcrunch recently posted a post about music sites called "Your Guide to Music on the Web -- Part 1". Here are the sites it includes:
Pandora
Last.fm
Deezer
Finetune
Amie Street
Jamendo
SoundCloud
TheSixtyOne
Project Playlist
Jiwa.fm
Jogli
MixTube
Lala
Musicovery
CitySounds.fm
Jango
RadioBeta
TheRadio
Aupeo
Tun3r
Play.fm
Some of the sites/services are very similar and some are naturally better than others, but all are worth briefly checking if you admire tuneage. ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico "Run Run Run" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Beck covers the Velvet Underground & Nico album in one day. (via Brain Pickings)
The NIH sets a goal to complete a region-to-region map of the brain in five years by encouraging collaboration among neuroscientists.
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
If you've never seen Auto-Tune the News, you're missing out. If you push play and are thinking WTF, give it a few moments until your ears adjust to hearing popular media figures being Auto-Tuned -- (the vocal effect of the minute in hip-hop and rap) -- and you may find ...
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